Earlier on Tuesday night, more than 1,000 people protesting President Donald Trump converged on Black Lives Matter Plaza, just a block from the White House, while hundreds more marched through parts of downtown Washington, sometimes blocking traffic and setting off fireworks. WTOP’s Will Vitka and The Associated Press contributed to this report. pic.twitter.com/bIMhBYNEpc, — Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) November 4, 2020. The painting of the mural was at the direction of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, according to her chief of staff, who said the mayor wanted to make it "abundantly clear" the street belonged to the city. Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox. While Tuesday night’s election watch parties and protest events around the White House, Black Lives Matter Plaza and the streets of Northwest D.C. … She said she had never seen so many businesses being boarded up: “That all saddens me.”. Protesters in Washington, D.C. have held largely peaceful demonstrations in the wake of George Floyd's death. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque, DaSun Millard stands next to Black Lives Matter sign on a traffic light post, June 6, 2020. All rights reserved. The two blocks are just north of Lafayette Square, where anti-police-brutality and anti-racism protesters have chanted "Black lives matter" for a week, moved by the death of George Floyd. "Diese Woche gab es einen Streit darüber, wessen Straße es ist. Protesters shut down a major highway in Atlanta and burned down a Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man, was shot dead by police. Die Bürgermeisterin Washingtons, Muriel Bowser, hat eine Straße vor dem Weißen Haus in "Black Lives Matter Plaza" umbenannt. A street sign for Black Lives Matter Plaza is seen in front of St. John's Episcopal Church near the White House in Washington, D.C., June 5, 2020. ", Falcicchio was apparently referring to President Trump, whose handling of Black Lives Matter protests in the city has been criticized as militaristic.

Large banners, including one reading “Trump lies all the time,” were unfurled. The area — near historic St. John's Church — is where protesters were forcibly removed on Monday evening just before Trump walked through Lafayette Park to pose in front of the church for photographs while holding a Bible. "Determination to make America the land it ought to be.". Police were not able to identify any group affiliation of the suspects. People dance on the Black Lives Matter Plaza during a demonstration against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, June 14, 2020. "We want to call attention today to making sure our nation is more fair and more just and that black lives and that black humanity matter in our nation," Bowser said. The mayor has spoken out against against Mr. Trump sending National Guard troops from other states to the District of Columbia and has questioned his legal authority to do so. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst, Roller skate performer Kaitlyn Saunders, 9, from Washington, poses in front of Black Lives Matter protest signs that were moved overnight from the security fence near the White House to a wall across the street as a cleanup from the recent...more, Demonstrators gather in Lafayette Park, June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis, Protest signs are affixed to the security fence around Lafayette Square, June 8, 2020. Robots safely disinfect, inform the public and take the physical place of humans during the coronavirus pandemic. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2020 by WTOP. District leaders are also showing support for a movement decrying the deaths of Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and other African Americans as consequences of an inequitable, racially biased justice system. Wie lange überleben Viren auf Wildlederhandschuhen? This was just after Mr. Trump delivered a speech from the White House, in which he threatened to deploy the U.S. military against protesters in U.S. cities while declaring himself "your president of law and order and an ally of all peaceful protesters.". REUTERS/Jim Bourg, Demonstrators gather along the fence surrounding Lafayette Park, June 2, 2020. After months of protests about racism and police brutality, the United States now sees street demonstrations over the cliffhanger presidential election, after President Donald Trump falsely claimed victory and called for voting to stop. Get breaking news and daily headlines delivered to your email inbox by signing up here. The city of D.C. painted "Black lives matter" onto 16th Street NW, which leads to the White House (Getty/Daniel Slim), https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=804455573720252&ref=watch_permalink, Live Updates: Biden Leads in 3 Crucial States as Vote Counting Continues, Apolitical Civil Servants Already Paving the Way For Possible Transition of Power, DC Reverses Plan for Residents to Collect Their Own Leaves, Copyright © 2020 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Just after 10:30a, the mural is largely complete. Many carried black umbrellas to shield themselves from cameras. Hurricane Eta ripped roofs from homes, unleashed major flooding and caused landslides as it battered the coastlines of Nicaragua and Honduras. “We don’t know the affiliations of the suspects or the victims in this case,” Newsham said, adding that it will be part of the investigation, but cautioning that information gathered at the scene is “preliminary in nature.”. Khalid Naji-Allah Executive Office of the Mayor/Handout via REUTERS, Michael D'Angelo holds a painting of Fred Brown, who was shot and killed by police in Nevada, at the Black Lives Matter Plaza, June 6, 2020. Mayor Bowser is set to speak from nearby St. John’s Church in the 11a hour pic.twitter.com/MJKnrFYXuu. Bowser tweeted a video of the bright yellow letters, which run down 16th Street near the White House. In her tweet, the mayor called out the fact that Friday was the 27th birthday of Breonna Taylor, the Louisville EMT who was shot and killed by police in her own home last month. BlackLivesMatter DC, a chapter of the BLM Global Network, called it "a performative distraction from real policy changes" and a way "to appease white liberals while ignoring our demands.". Bowser chief of staff John Falcicchio wrote on Twitter, "There was a dispute this week about whose street this week about whose street this is. WTOP.com | Alexa | Google Home | WTOP App | 103.5 FM, Record early vote leads to tranquil Election Day at polls, Biden poised to move quickly on transition if he’s declared winner, Loudoun County weighs adding diverse holidays to school calendar, Montgomery Co. ends late-night booze sales at restaurants, citing COVID-19 spike, NAVSEA shifting modernization focus from technology to mission outcomes, CISA headquarters brings DHS consolidated campus into focus, Navy awards contract for next generation of submarines expected to cost $110B, FLRA to decertify union representing DOJ immigration judges. Protesters stood in the pouring rain on Thursday night in their seventh straight night of large demonstrations after Floyd was killed when a former Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes. The yellow letters stretch from curb to curb of 16th Street NW between H and K streets. “Some people would like to cause mayhem and trouble,” Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said earlier in the day. All Rights Reserved. Now it’s north to Meridian Hill. Satellite image ?2020 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS, LaShawn Kenley sits in a part of a "Black Lives Matter" message painted on the street, June 6, 2020. But there were some clashes late in the evening last weekend, with scattered fires and looting in the capital. REUTERS/Jim Bourg, A street sign of Black Lives Matter Plaza is seen near St. John's Episcopal Church, June 5, 2020. No one was injured. WASHINGTON – Washington D.C.'s mayor renamed a street near the White House "Black Lives Matter Plaza" Friday and directed city crews to paint a huge mural to honor protesters who have turned out in the nation's capital to demand an end to police brutality. REUTERS/Erin Scott, A woman looks at signs left on a fence surrounding the White House, June 7, 2020. All rights reserved.

website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area. Die Bürgermeisterin Washingtons, Muriel Bowser, hat eine Straße vor dem Weißen Haus in "Black Lives Matter Plaza" umbenannt. WTOP’s Alejandro Alvarez is on the scene and described the protesters as more radical than the crowds that had gathered earlier in the evening by the White House to rally and watch results of the election. Mayor Bowser wanted to make it abundantly clear that this is DC’s street and to honor demonstrators who peacefully protested on Monday evening.". Like WTOP on Facebook and follow @WTOP on Twitter to engage in conversation about this article and others. This late-night march goes on, winding through Dupont Circle shining lights at apartment buildings. REUTERS/Carlos Barria. Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. The sudden clearing of the park for what critics blasted as a "photo op" involved the use of smoke canisters, pepper spray and other riot control actions against largely peaceful demonstrators. REUTERS/Carlos Barria, A demonstrator waves an upside-down American flag defaced with the letters "BLM" at the "Black Lives Matter Plaza", June 6, 2020. Earlier, the road was painted with huge yellow letters spelling out the name of the movement.